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Francis Parkman

1823 - 1893

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Francis Parkman Jr. (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as historical sources and as literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Parkman has received more than 271,882 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Francis Parkman is the 446th most popular historian (down from 334th in 2019), the 11,480th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,649th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Historian.

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  • 270k

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  • 39.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Francis Parkman ranks 446 out of 339. Before him are Andreas Maislinger, Rainer Zitelmann, Oliver Grau, James H. Billington, Richard G. Hovannisian, and Charles Oman. After him are David Rohl, Gregory Areshian, Irfan Habib, Richard Bauckham, Gerhard Weinberg, and Edward Duyker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Francis Parkman ranks 70. Before him are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charlotte Mary Yonge, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, and Mackenzie Bowell. After him are Coventry Patmore and George Henry Williams. Among people deceased in 1893, Francis Parkman ranks 79. Before him are Ion Emanuel Florescu, John Rae, Aleksandra Potanina, Edmund Kirby Smith, John Ballance, and William Fox. After him is Benjamin Jowett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francis Parkman ranks 11,480 out of 18,182. Before him are Ian Anthony Dale (1978), Steven Hawley (1951), Drew Fuller (1980), Vanessa Bell Calloway (1957), Kate Spade (1962), and Arlen Specter (1930). After him are William Bendix (1906), Matthew Barney (1967), Jimmy DeGrasso (1963), Jeff Nathanson (1965), Eliot Spitzer (1959), and Joe Boyd (1942).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Francis Parkman ranks 42. Before him are Stephen F. Cohen (1938), Richard Hofstadter (1916), Elaine Pagels (1943), Mary Ritter Beard (1876), James H. Billington (1929), and Richard G. Hovannisian (1932). After him are Allan Lichtman (1947), Bernard Bailyn (1922), and Victor Davis Hanson (1953).

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